---------------------------------------------------------- FEWMustang-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Sun 04/25/04: 5 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 12:05 PM - Re: FEWMustang-List Digest: (Harold Anderson) 2. 03:43 PM - Re: Re: FEWMustang-List Digest: (Cliff Hoyle) 3. 07:28 PM - Re: Re: FEWMustang-List Digest: (Harold Anderson) 4. 07:57 PM - Re: Re: FEWMustang-List Digest: (Cliff Hoyle) 5. 08:08 PM - Re: Re: FEWMustang-List Digest: (LRE2@aol.com) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 12:05:52 PM PST US From: "Harold Anderson" Subject: FEWMustang-List: RE: FEWMustang-List Digest: --> FEWMustang-List message posted by: "Harold Anderson" Does anyone know a repair for a crack in the lexan canopy? I found a small crack in the lower left corner of my canopy it's about 2 inches long coming out of the canopy bow and it just makes it to the edge of the skirt, I've stop drilled it and I'm wondering if it can be repaired. Andy ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 03:43:05 PM PST US From: "Cliff Hoyle" Subject: Re: FEWMustang-List: RE: FEWMustang-List Digest: --> FEWMustang-List message posted by: "Cliff Hoyle" Andy, Nothing will completely repair the crack but you can make it better with "super glue" like what they use to repair auto windshields. The glue is a cyanoacryalate. Be very careful you don't let it drip or run onto any other part of the canopy because it will leave a permanent smudge. Cliff ----- Original Message ----- From: "Harold Anderson" Subject: FEWMustang-List: RE: FEWMustang-List Digest: > --> FEWMustang-List message posted by: "Harold Anderson" > > > Does anyone know a repair for a crack in the lexan canopy? I found a > small crack in the lower left corner of my canopy it's about 2 inches > long coming out of the canopy bow and it just makes it to the edge of > the skirt, I've stop drilled it and I'm wondering if it can be repaired. > > Andy > > ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 07:28:06 PM PST US From: "Harold Anderson" Subject: RE: FEWMustang-List: RE: FEWMustang-List Digest: --> FEWMustang-List message posted by: "Harold Anderson" Cliff Should I "V" out the crack first or just apply it to the surface? Andy -----Original Message----- From: owner-fewmustang-list-server@matronics.com [mailto:owner-fewmustang-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Cliff Hoyle Subject: Re: FEWMustang-List: RE: FEWMustang-List Digest: --> FEWMustang-List message posted by: "Cliff Hoyle" Andy, Nothing will completely repair the crack but you can make it better with "super glue" like what they use to repair auto windshields. The glue is a cyanoacryalate. Be very careful you don't let it drip or run onto any other part of the canopy because it will leave a permanent smudge. Cliff ----- Original Message ----- From: "Harold Anderson" Subject: FEWMustang-List: RE: FEWMustang-List Digest: > --> FEWMustang-List message posted by: "Harold Anderson" > > > Does anyone know a repair for a crack in the lexan canopy? I found a > small crack in the lower left corner of my canopy it's about 2 inches > long coming out of the canopy bow and it just makes it to the edge of > the skirt, I've stop drilled it and I'm wondering if it can be repaired. > > Andy > > == == == == ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 07:57:32 PM PST US From: "Cliff Hoyle" Subject: Re: FEWMustang-List: RE: FEWMustang-List Digest: --> FEWMustang-List message posted by: "Cliff Hoyle" Andy, you don't want to do any grinding just apply the liquid glue directly to the crack very carefully. The glue will quickly seep throughout the crack. Cliff ----- Original Message ----- From: "Harold Anderson" Subject: RE: FEWMustang-List: RE: FEWMustang-List Digest: > --> FEWMustang-List message posted by: "Harold Anderson" > > Cliff > Should I "V" out the crack first or just apply it to the surface? > > Andy > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-fewmustang-list-server@matronics.com > [mailto:owner-fewmustang-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Cliff > Hoyle > To: fewmustang-list@matronics.com > Subject: Re: FEWMustang-List: RE: FEWMustang-List Digest: > > --> FEWMustang-List message posted by: "Cliff Hoyle" > > > Andy, > > Nothing will completely repair the crack but you can make it better with > "super glue" like what they use to repair auto windshields. The glue is > a > cyanoacryalate. Be very careful you don't let it drip or run onto any > other > part of the canopy because it will leave a permanent smudge. > > Cliff > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Harold Anderson" > To: > Subject: FEWMustang-List: RE: FEWMustang-List Digest: > > > > --> FEWMustang-List message posted by: "Harold Anderson" > > > > > > > Does anyone know a repair for a crack in the lexan canopy? I found a > > small crack in the lower left corner of my canopy it's about 2 inches > > long coming out of the canopy bow and it just makes it to the edge of > > the skirt, I've stop drilled it and I'm wondering if it can be > repaired. > > > > Andy > > > > > > > == > == > == > == > > ________________________________ Message 5 _____________________________________ Time: 08:08:50 PM PST US From: LRE2@aol.com Subject: Re: FEWMustang-List: RE: FEWMustang-List Digest: --> FEWMustang-List message posted by: LRE2@aol.com Andy, At your local plastics supply store (in our area it is TAP PLASTICS) you can get a mixture of Methylene Chloride and Trichloroethylene called various things, Acrylic weld, Plexeweld. etc. it is a solvent that is thinner than water and welds the Lexan. Talk to the guys at the shop and let them know what you are doing. This stuff definitely fuses lexan. Ken G. you are the expert in this area. Chime in. LRE